Sad-iron.



No. 746,510. PATENTED DB0; a, 190e,.v

B. HOLZ, JR. SAD IRON. APPLICATION FILED UNE so, 1903.

UNITED STATES Patented December 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE. 7

SAD-IRON.

S?ECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 746,510, dated December8, 1903.

Application filed June 30, 1903.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, BERNHARD HOLZ,J1'., acitizen of the United States, residing in Paterson, in the county ofPassaic and State of New 5 Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sad-Irons; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to sad-irons of the type in which the handle isarranged to be detachable from the iron proper; and it has for itsprincipal object to so construct the parts that while the handle may bereadily detached when attached to the iron its hold on the same isreliable and substantial.

The invention will be found fully illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure l is a View, partly in side elevation andpartlyin section,ofasad-iron constructed after the principles of myinvention, the parts being in their interlocked position. "Fig. 2 is aview substantially similar to Fig. 1 except that the handle is shown aspartly detached from the iron, and Fig.6 is a View showing the handle insection on the line a: a: in Fig. 1. The iron proper, a, is formed withan elongated recess 1), which is somewhat widened at c and which at d isdepressed and extends under the top surface of the iron proper, so thatabridge or overhang e is, in effect,forn1ed at both ends of the iron. Theiron proper may be cast with this recess formed therein. The handle isconstructed as follows: f is a stout elastic wire formed straight at y,where it carries a grip h of some non-heat-conducting material. Thegeneral configuration of the handle is thatof a loop, the two'ends ofthe wire being normally disposed end to end. Said ends are bent into theform of eyes 2', each of which is penetrated by the loop portion of alever is, also preferably formed of stout wire and having its free endprovided with a handle Z of non-heat-conducting maone. of the rebendsclears bridge 6.

Serial No. 163,737. (No model.)

' terial. By elevating the handle from the position shown in Fig. 1 tothat shown in Fig. 2 the loop which the wire f forms is contracted. Atmm, a short distance from the extremities of the wire f, rebends areformed which have approximately the shape of the ends of the recess 1).These rebends are substantially triangular in form, the portion 7a ineach being relatively convergent to the portion at in the other. I

In fitting the handle to the iron the lever in is raised, so as tocontract the loop which wire fforrns and bring the'rebends m closertogether. The lower part of the handle portion is then introduced intothe recess 1) of the iron until both rebends come below the bridges e,whereupon the lever is released, so that the elasticity of the wire fcauses the rebends to spread and take in under said bridges. By makingthe portions n of the rebends mconvergent the assembling of the parts isfacilitated, as will be obvious. The parts being assembled, the handlecannot be detached except the lever is thrown up far enough so that Whenthat isrdone, the handle may be elevated to the position shown in Fig. 2and then removed.

-Ha.ving thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a sad-iron, the combination of the iron proper, a handle membercomprising a gripping portion and elastic attaching portions extendingin substantially the same direction from the gripping portion, saidattaching portions having relatively reverse projections adapted to beinterlocked with the iron proper,

and a lever, pivotally connected to each of said attaching portions, forforcing said elastic portions out of interlocking engagement with theiron proper, substantially as described.

2. In a sad-iron, thecombination of the iron proper, ahandle memberconsisting of an elastic wire having its middle portion substantiallystraight and its end portions projecting in approximately the samedirection from said middle portion and formed with relatively Intestimony that I claim the foregoing I reverse rebends, the iron properbeing prohave hereunto set my hand this 29th day of vided with recessesadapted to receive said June, 1903.

rebends so as to interlock the handle with BERNHARD HOLZ, JR. the ironproper, and a, lever pivotally eon- Witnesses:

neoted to the extremities of said wire, sub- JOHN W. STEWARD,

stantially as described. ROBERT J. POLLITT.

